Karti Chidambaram Likely To Appear Before CBI Today In Visa Scam Case
NDTV
Karti Chidambaram, who has gone on a trip to the UK and Europe, is scheduled to return to India today.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram is likely to appear before the CBI on Wednesday to join the investigation into an alleged scam pertaining to issuance of visa to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister, officials said.
Karti Chidambaram, who has gone on a trip to the UK and Europe with the permission of the Supreme Court and a special CBI court, is scheduled to return on Tuesday.
According to the special CBI court's order, he has to join the CBI investigation within 16 hours of his return.
The case pertains to allegations of Rs 50 lakh being paid as bribe to the Congress MP and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd. (TSPL), which was setting a power plant in Punjab, the CBI FIR said.
